Celebrity culture and the American dream : stardom and social mobility / Karen Sternheimer.
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TextPublication details: New York : Routledge, 2011Description: xvi, 282 p. : ill., ports. ; [ca. 23-29] cmISBN: 9780415886789 (hardback); 9780415886796 (pbk.); 0415886783; 0415886791Subject(s): Social mobility -- United States | Social classes -- United States | Celebrities -- United States | American Dream | Fame -- Social aspects -- United StatesLOC classification: HN57 | .S774 2011Online resources: Click here to view Also available as an electronic resource.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The American dream : celebrity, class, and social mobility -- Beyond subsistence : the rise of the middle class in the twentieth century -- Prosperity and wealth arrive : boom times and women's suffrage in the 1920s -- Pull yourself up by your bootstraps : personal failure and the Great Depression -- We're all in this together : collectivism and World War II -- Suburban utopia : the postwar middle class fantasy -- Is that all there is? : challenging the suburban fantasy in the sixties and seventies -- Massive wealth as moral reward : the reagan revolution and individualism -- Success just for being you : opportunity in the internet age.
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